Entries by Donna Schilder

Recommended Reading for Small Businesses

  Get Clients Now!:  This book has helped me, and many of my clients and colleagues build our solo entrepreneurial businesses.  I found the Universal Marketing Cycle useful in understanding the different stages of sales and marketing and in identifying where I needed to improve.  I also like the 28-Day Marketing Program that helps you […]

Two Page Mini Business Plan

The Two Page Mini Business Plan™ – An Interview with Suzanne Muusers, ACC, creator of a business plan system designed for busy entrepreneurs. I have used Suzanne’s Business Plan and decided to interview her about the story behind the product. Q: Suzanne, can you tell us why you developed this unusual mini business plan? Well Donna, I […]

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How My Garden Surprises Me

 Over the years, I’ve had some unusual experiences with my seeds of possibility.   Some of my seeds have popped up a very long time after I’ve planted them. For instance, I sent a resume to a company and didn’t hear back from them for three years!  Then they contacted me to interview for an entirely different job […]

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Sowing Seeds of Possibility

  Do you get discouraged because you can’t seem to find what you’re looking for? It could be a new job, more business, more friends, a romantic partner, or a bigger social network. Whatever it is, being discouraged can get in the way of you doing what you need to do to get what you want. Perseverance and patience are the […]

More Exercises to Increase Happiness

  More and more scientific research is coming out that the systematic practice of building gratitude will help you be happier.  A new study showed that you could boost your happiness by 25% and keep it there by taking actions that build gratitude.   Here are some gratitude building exercises and actions:   Pick one […]

Exercises to Increase Happiness

Scientific studies show that you can become happier by performing the following exercises to increase happiness.  I have been sharing these exercises with my clients and they really work!  The exercises come from the work of Martin Seligman, Ph.D.www.authentichappiness.com. Three Things You Are Grateful For:  List three things you are grateful for every day.  Don’t […]

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Adrenaline Self Test

Some of us use a continuous dose of Adrenaline to live our lives.  We rush through everything, live in fear, and/or push ourselves mercilessly to accomplish everything in our overcommitted lives.  This use of constant Adrenaline has been proven to cause:  heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, digestive issues, headaches, back pain, mental illnesses (e.g., […]